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The night Ronaldo stole the show
By Rediff Sports Team
January 10, 2017 09:44 IST

Glimpses from the star-studded event in Zurich on Monday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal and Real Madrid star, won the FIFA Player of the Year Award yet again.

Glimpses from the star-studded event in Zurich on Monday night:

 

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with the trophy. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, Ronaldo's son, poses with his father's award. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr and Georgina Rodriguez arrive at the ceremony. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Two days before the event, January 7, Ronaldo poses with his 4 Ballon d'Ors before a game against Granada at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Photograph: Reuters

 

IMAGE: Diego Maradona presents the Manager of the Year Award to Claudio Ranieri whose unfancied Leicester City won the English Premier League last season.
"I am crazy now," Ranieri said.
"What happened last season in England was something strange. The football gods said Leicester must win."
Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Juan Carlos de la Cuesta of Atletico Nacional receives the FIFA Fair Play Award.
Atletico Nacional were given the Fair Play Award for conceding the Copa Sudamericana title to the Brazilian side Chapecoense, whose team was decimated when a plane taking them to the final crashed, killing 71 people.
"We did nothing more than what we had to do....handing them this trophy as a gesture of hope," de La Cuesta said.
Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Real Madrid Coach and soccer legend Zinedine Zidane and his wife Veronique arrive at the ceremony. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Manuel Neuer, Dani Alves, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Cristiano Ronaldo pose with the hosts, actress Eva Longoria and German presenter Marco Schreyl.
Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Mohammad Faiz Subri speaks after he received the Goal of the Year Award.
Subri, who plays for the Malaysian Super League side Penang, won the award for a 35-metre free kick in which the ball dipped and swung in a bewildering fashion to leave the goalkeeper stranded.
Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, clowns around before the ceremony. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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